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Puerto Rico sues to obtain data on deaths from Hurricane Maria

12:07 AM

Lawsuit filed as a growing number of critics say the official toll of 64 deaths due to the storm is a severe undercount

Puerto Rico’s Institute of Statistics has sued the US territory’s health department and demographic registry to obtain data on the number of deaths following Hurricane Maria as a growing number of critics accuse the government of lacking transparency.

Related: Puerto Rico: thousands more died from hurricane than official toll, study finds

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from US news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2LePDEq

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